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Re:When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Ch... by arcticbull on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:47PM (#18078452)
IMO its a different tone. The first says "no. well... maybe..." [I don't want to undercut the value of the property] whereas the other says "yes. well... maybe..." [I don't want to appear unappreciative of the resources of the company that owns mine].
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Re:When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Ch... by whytaka on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @02:39PM (#18078977)
To be annoyingly precise, the second says: "Maybe, well... yes."
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Re:When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Ch... by arcticbull on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:26PM (#18079389)
Fair! :) I see how you read it that way; to me perhaps is corporate speak for a noncommittal yes, and eventually is a way of making it even less committal by specifying a long timeline. I mean, anything could happen eventually, it just depends on when you mean.
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